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Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Dindiragaon gram panchayat

Dindiragaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 1,608 people in 427 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
1,608
Literacy
69.8%
Area
9.7 km²
LGD code
118961

Villages of Dindiragaon

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sarukoi19470962.3%19%76%
Dingiragaon13350571.5%40%27%
Tellapali10039481.8%22%54%

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Dindiragaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
1,608
809 male · 799 female
Households
427
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.8%
above Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
988
below Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6
225
14.0% of residents
Workers
963
59.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
426 (26.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
889 (55.3%)

What the 963 workers did

  • Cultivators292 (30.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers184 (19.1%)
  • Household industry3 (0.3%)
  • Other work61 (6.3%)
  • Marginal workers423 (43.9%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Dindiragaon

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 10 km², 2% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes2 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Ragi (2), Turmeric (2), Til (1), Black Gram (1).

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Phiringia block

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